- The media cannot attend- The public cannot attend- The number of people we can bring is so small that we cannot bring our attorney or a court reporter- We cannot videotape, record, or keep explicit notes on it- We cannot retain our own work product- We cannot tell anyone what happened in the test

I don't get it. Why be a crazy person? Why be an asshole? Why not tell the truth? Isn't that a more exciting way to live? No one's tombstone says, "He found glory as a mindless hack". And this guy's probably not even getting a big payoff from Diebold!

As much as pervasive corruption (via campaign finance) eats away at democracy, I think just as big a problem is lack of intelligent, inspired leaders on all levels of government. How do we fix that? How do we make a culture where competence exists more widely, is understood and is rewarded?